Comments on: My Top Ten Essential Tools for DIY Projects

By: Diy Tools Expert

Diy Tools Expert — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:16:21 +0000

Oh ! some very important things you have mentioned in your post are missing in my tools box collection, sometimes I really stuck and can’t fix a very small problem only due to absence of a handy DIY tool that can save my time also. Will keep up with your blog, quite informative.

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:03:21 +0000

Hi Nicole…
I love your enthusiasm. I was a carpenter from 1978-2004 and you have nailed it pretty accurately regarding the top tools for your projects, small or large.

I built 2 homes on my own, literally, from the ground up and I would add a couple more items to your list. It seemed I could not go without my razor knife, flat metal file and tweezers as full time tool belt residences. And let us not forget the all important Speed Square!

I am now a Life Coach encouraging women to grab their own hammers and start swinging…so it is heartening to see your site and the responses you are getting.

You go girl!

L.L. Burton
Women Carpenters Coach

By: Emma Woo

Emma Woo — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:12:52 +0000

I love this! Girls talking about tools and finally putting the ‘only men are truly handy’ myth once and for all to bed. I am inspired. I have been waiting for my non handy hubbie to complete some tasks around the house. No longer! I am going to do them for myself (especially if it means I can go shopping first)!

By: Marcia

Marcia — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:14:12 +0000

I just bought a two bedroom co-op in NYC, and I’ve very crafty and handy, so I was super excited to see your list! While I’m not allowed to do much construction on my own in the apartment (stupid co-op rules, but I understand the need for architects and contractors in an apartment building! I wouldn’t want someone on the first floor accidentally removing a lode-bearing wall!), and I have almost everything… and while I’m not buying a saw, I’m so getting a drill/driver. THANKS!

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:31:36 +0000

My list would include a Cat’s Paw.

By: DIY diva

DIY diva — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:23:28 +0000

My latest greatest tools are a Tom Boy 14oz pink claw hammer and a little square. Nobody takes my hammer anymore! The square well, I still mess up cuts, but not as many as presquare.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:24:30 +0000

Can you post the picture of the object next to the discussion of it? That would help those of us who aren’t very handy, but would like to be!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:24:17 +0000

My wife sent me the picture of you in a dress with a Ridgid Impact Drill and I thought that was awesome. On drills, I would agree that you get more power out of a corded drill, but the new lithium powered cordless drills pack a lot of punch. I just picked up a Ridged RB86006 and it is fantastic. Also, Ridgid offers a Lifetime Warranty on all their parts including batteries, which is also awesome.

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:08:12 +0000

LOVE the top ten – I have most of them. I, not Hubby, am the handy/crafty one in the household, and Hubby is not allowed near my precious tools. I also sew, knit, cook, scrapbook, and make soap, and I am so impressed that you used to be a handyman. And I love your blog.

Someone mentioned about a serger – I like my 5-spool serger better than the 4-spool one I grew up on. (Mom was a seamstress.) And have the shop thread it because they are such a pain to thread on one’s own.

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